The National Reconnaissance Office NRO located in Chantilly Virginia is one of the sixteen U.S. intelligence agencies and considered along with the CIA NSA DIA and NGA to be one of the "big five" U.S. Intelligence agencies. The NRO designs builds and operates the spy satellites of the United States Government and coordinates the analysis of aerial surveillance and satellite imagery from several intelligence and military agencies.
The Director of the NRO reports to both the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense and serves as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Intelligence Space Technology).

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency NGA is a combat support agency of the United States Department of Defense with the primary mission of collecting analyzing and distributing geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) in support of national security. NGA was formerly known as the National Imagery and Mapping Agency NIMA. In addition NGA is a key component of the United States Intelligence Community.

The National Security Agency Fort Meade Maryland is embarking upon a comprehensive cloud computing approach to develop a collaborative intelligence gathering system within an integrated multi-agency framework.

Further disclosures which been revealed in American and British media reports on the massive Carroll Foundation Charitable Trust national security case is understood to have galvanized well seasoned Washington political observers who are understood to have recently remarked that this case is now regarded in Washington as an = important show of strength to the nation = at a critical point in the Obama administration's four year term.

The US Congress Senate Oversight Committee responsible for the nations security and financial well being are understood to be also taking a close interest following recent announcements by close aides to President Obama concerning the new pivotal offshore tax evasion and banking legislation which is thought in Washington to be a = critical further lever of strategic control = for the US Justice Department and the FBI in the concrete fight back against white collar organized crime tax fraud and terror funding related activities which have seriously undermined the much sought after economic recovery for America's main street who have suffered greatly at the hands of the financial sector.